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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 6, 2017

(23) Jefferson Santos Pereira/Cherif Younousse, Qatar

Jefferson Santos Pereira
Qatar

/ Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Doha

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Kish Island 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$43,087.50

Cherif Younousse Samba
Qatar

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dakar, Senegal

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$415,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	7	3	1	US$67,000.00

Previous Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	19, Q1	9th	240	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	29, Q13	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q16	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	17	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	22	25th	90	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	Q5	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-18/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	19	9th	0	US$0.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Pool B	Markus Bockermann / Lars Fluggen, Germany (26)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:36
Sun, 7/30/2017	Pool B	Jonathan Golindano / Carlos Rangel, Venezuela (47)	Won 21-18, 22-24, 15-10	0:53
Tue, 8/1/2017	Pool B	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (2)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:34
Thu, 8/3/2017	Winner 1	Kacper Kujawiak / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (27)	Won 21-19, 25-23	0:38
Fri, 8/4/2017	Winner 2	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (12)	Lost 24-26, 22-24	0:50

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Cherif Younousse - 5th	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 5th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Cherif Younousse - 9th	Jefferson Santos Pereira - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Ahmed Tijan - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Ahmed Tijan - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Ahmed Tijan - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Did not play	Ahmed Tijan - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	27	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	23	9th	480	US$11,000.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	$21,400.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,600.00
Total	21	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	7	0	$67,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jefferson Santos Pereira												Cherif Younousse
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$32,500.00
											World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$64,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$11,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	4	3	2	0	12	9	1	1	0	$198,500.00
15	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	7	0	$14,787.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	4	4	2	0	4	9	7	5	0	$112,450.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	$8,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
33	1	0	0	0	2	7	5	10	0	$43,087.50	Total	97	9	7	6	2	20	26	13	7	0	$415,900.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	$19,600.00	7	11	38.9 %
2016	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	0	$19,800.00	15	19	44.1 %
2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	$25,500.00	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	3	7	4	$64,900.00	36	41	46.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jefferson Santos Pereira													Cherif Younousse
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	$8,587.50	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$9,800.00	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	$9,800.00
8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$9,900.00	2016	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$9,900.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	$12,750.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	$14,150.00
31	1	0	0	0	2	6	5	9	8	$41,037.50	Total	Total	23	1	0	0	0	1	5	3	7	6	$33,850.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	16	51.6%	7	22.6%	8	25.8%	23-8	74.2%	14	30.4%	10	21.7%	22	47.8%	14-32	30.4%	16-22	42.1%	21-18	53.8%	0	2	37-42	46.8%
2016-2017	13	52.0%	5	20.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	11	33.3%	7	21.2%	15	45.5%	11-22	33.3%	13-15	46.4%	16-14	53.3%	0	1	29-30	49.2%
Against the Field	9	50.0%	2	11.1%	7	38.9%	11-7	61.1%	5	29.4%	6	35.3%	6	35.3%	5-12	29.4%	18-12	60.0%	14-26	35.0%	0	0	16-19	45.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	2	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	4	1	7	19	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	23
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	1	0	10	4	16	29	0	0	8	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	37	42

Head to Head Results
Santos Pereira/Younousse trail the series against the field 16-19 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
8/1/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool B	Santos Pereira/Younousse	23	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-17, 21-19	0:34
9/23/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	17	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-3
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool C	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Santos Pereira/Younousse	19, Q1	21-17, 21-15	0:32
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Santos Pereira/Younousse	29, Q13	21-16, 21-14	0:35
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27, Q7	17-21, 21-12, 15-7	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	23-25, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 7 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-2
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	8	Santos Pereira/Younousse	24, Q3	22-20, 21-14	0:34
2/19/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Semi-Finals	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Kantor/Losiak	7	15-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:50
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	9	Santos Pereira/Younousse	8	21-16, 20-22, 16-14	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/27/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Carvalhaes/Solberg	9, Q1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	Q16	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Series tied with # 9 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
8/8/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool F	Santos Pereira/Younousse	19	Gavira/Herrera	7	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	2	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	21-17, 19-21, 19-17	0:54
Trail the series against # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	17	21-14, 18-21, 15-7	0:47
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Santos Pereira/Younousse	15	19-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool D	Santos Pereira/Younousse	29, Q13	Lupo/Nicolai	4	13-21, 21-13, 23-21	0:47
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool F	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Santos Pereira/Younousse	22	26-28, 21-18, 21-19	0:55
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool H	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Santos Pereira/Younousse	8	21-19, 21-14	0:32
Series tied with # 12 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-1
8/4/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	12	Santos Pereira/Younousse	23	26-24, 24-22	0:50
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	Doppler/Horst	22	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	29, Q13	Saxton/Schalk	22	23-21, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
2/19/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Gold Medal	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	21-13, 14-21, 15-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Brunner/Patterson, United States 1-0
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool C	Santos Pereira/Younousse	19, Q1	Brunner/Patterson	14	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 18 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-1
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool D	Crabb/Gibb	13	Santos Pereira/Younousse	29, Q13	22-24, 26-24, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 19 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 2-0
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool A	Santos Pereira/Younousse	17	Koekelkoren/van Walle	16	21-14, 21-15	0:31
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool B	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Koekelkoren/van Walle	15	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 20 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool D	Santos Pereira/Younousse	29, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	20	21-13, 21-17	0:32
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	22	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27, Q7	21-23, 21-14, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 21 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 2-1
7/22/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	16	Santos Pereira/Younousse	19, Q1	21-14, 21-19	0:34
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 3	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Ontiveros/Virgen	2	21-15, 21-19	0:35
2/16/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool B	Santos Pereira/Younousse	18	Ontiveros/Virgen	2	12-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 25 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 0-1
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 1	Dressler/Kunert	18	Santos Pereira/Younousse	17	21-19, 23-25, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 26 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
7/28/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool B	Santos Pereira/Younousse	23	Bockermann/Fluggen	26	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 27 Kujawiak/Prudel, Poland 1-0
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	23	Kujawiak/Prudel	27	21-19, 25-23	0:38
Trail the series against # 34 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool H	Carambula/Ranghieri	9	Santos Pereira/Younousse	24, Q3	20-22, 21-16, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 47 Golindano/Rangel, Venezuela 1-0
7/30/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool B	Santos Pereira/Younousse	23	Golindano/Rangel	47	21-18, 22-24, 15-10	0:53